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The UK’s lax and disjointed listing regime has helped to open the door to questionable overseas entrants, changing the make-up of the indices - May 18, 12:04am

Independent committee rejects indicative bid made by the group, consisting of the oligarchs who founded the miner and the government of Kazakhstan - May 17, 10:39pm

Global Emerging Market Leaders fund will carry 4% charge from September - May 17, 06:09pm

Russia’s economy grows at 1.6 per cent in first quarter, its slowest since 2009, after investment and commodity prices fall - May 17, 04:42pm

China’s film censor tells production companies to tone down anti-Japan messages because of a lack of ‘seriousness and dignity’ in the programmes - May 17, 12:44pm

Utility group pays Singapore Power A$824m for a 19.9 per cent holding in SP AusNet, which manages three energy networks in the state of Victoria - May 17, 06:38am

The US group secures a $135m reduction to the purchase price of the Chinese group it bought in 2012, following writedown in January - May 17, 05:22am

French lender issues statement following news that the chief of Rosbank, in which it owns an 82 per cent stake, has been charged with bribery - May 16, 11:42pm

It is not clear how quickly a deal will be reached, and it is possible China could limit what it allows in the hands of foreign regulators - May 16, 11:41pm

Central bank objects to report that losses from central bank’s money printing operations could climb reach 6 per cent of gross domestic product - May 16, 08:12pm

Financial support from tiny gas-rich state overshadows western backing, but is being nudged aside by Saudi Arabia as the prime source of arms to rebels - May 16, 07:09pm

Global business executives remain cautiously optimistic that the world economy will improve in the months ahead, according to latest FT/Economist survey - May 16, 05:01pm

Latest estimates are set to confirm Mexico’s worst year-on-year quarterly results since 2009 with a hint that they could even be negative - May 16, 03:37pm

President José Mujica is keen to do more business with his country’s northern neighbour while criticising Argentina and praising Barack Obama - May 16, 03:10pm

Study expects global growth of 4% to 5% in 2013, sharply down from 10% growth last year as Asia demand retrenches and Europeans pull back spending - May 16, 01:11pm

A growing sense of friendship between the two countries makes sense in an increasingly multipolar world, writes Joe Leahy - May 16, 09:59am

Just 60% of its biggest listed companies pay a 30% dividend as required by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, a blow to efforts to entice long-term investors - May 16, 05:48am

More than two-thirds of business leaders say in a survey that the Asian country would reach or pull ahead of the continent in innovation by 2023 - May 16, 12:03am

US stocks marched on as investors brushed off weak manufacturing data and focused on the prospect of continued support from the world’s central banks - May 15, 09:18pm

Auction will help reinvigorate Brazil’s oil industry, and mark return of Exxon to the country in partnership with Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista - May 15, 08:23pm

For a country in its demographic sweetspot, with a highly motivated and entrepreneurial population, the economy is not growing fast enough - May 15, 08:03pm

While 30 mainly European retailers are happy to sign an accord on fire and building safety, US retailers have lambasted it as impractical - May 15, 07:54pm

Swiss investors seek to take private 100-year-old British group that became a global conglomerate under the larger-than-life ‘Tiny’ Rowland - May 15, 07:12pm

China has agreed the technical details of a free-trade agreement with Switzerland and the deal is likely to be signed in coming months - May 15, 06:53pm

Police detain Vladimir Golubkov, chief of SocGen’s arm in the country, and one other bank official on suspicion of receiving illegal payments - May 15, 06:30pm